The sensational associative learning explanation is superior to the phenomenal powers view because it accounts for adaptive-seeming structural aspects of consciousness and explains why sensations have varying valences, such as clear valence in pain, little or no valence in green, or ambiguous valence in surprise.

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  Resolving the evolutionary paradox of consciousness

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Referenced by nodes (4)

• consciousness concept
• phenomenal powers view concept
• valence concept
• sensational associative learning concept